diff --git a/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/js/package.json b/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/js/package.json
index 97ad271cdc..dd33c74669 100644
--- a/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/js/package.json
+++ b/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "keplergl-jupyter",
-  "version": "0.3.4",
+  "version": "0.3.5",
   "description": "This is a simple jupyter widget for kepler.gl, an advanced geo-spatial visualization tool, to render large-scale interactive maps.",
   "author": "Shan He",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/_version.py b/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/_version.py
index e3d53d656c..4815710e77 100644
--- a/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/_version.py
+++ b/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/_version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 # Copyright contributors to the kepler.gl project
 
-version_info = (0, 3, 4, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (0, 3, 5, 'final', 0)
 
 _specifier_ = {'alpha': 'a', 'beta': 'b', 'candidate': 'rc', 'final': ''}
 
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 #
 # The major version needs to match that of the JS package.
 # Note: this follows the semver format, which is used to match the JS package version in keplergl-plugin.js
-EXTENSION_SPEC_VERSION = '0.3.4'
+EXTENSION_SPEC_VERSION = '0.3.5'
diff --git a/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/keplergl.py b/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/keplergl.py
index ce6fafef4e..2911d1fefc 100644
--- a/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/keplergl.py
+++ b/bindings/kepler.gl-jupyter/keplergl/keplergl.py
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ def add_data(self, data, name="unnamed", use_arrow=False):
         if use_arrow:
             global g_use_arrow
             g_use_arrow = use_arrow
-            try:
-                gdf = geopandas.read_file(data, driver='GeoJSON')
-                copy.update({name: gdf})
-            except Exception:
-                # if it fails, assume it is a csv string
-                # load csv string to a dataframe
-                df = pd.read_csv(data)
-                copy.update({name: df})
+        try:
+            gdf = geopandas.read_file(data, driver='GeoJSON')
+            copy.update({name: gdf})
+        except Exception:
+            # if it fails, assume it is a csv string
+            # load csv string to a dataframe
+            df = pd.read_csv(data)
+            copy.update({name: df})
 
         self.data = copy